A Salute to Jamestown!
The Beginning, The Survivors, The Nation
Presented byMid-Atlantic Receptive Services
5 Days / 4 Nights

May 14, 1607 they landed on Jamestown Island. Almost immediately they were under attack by the Algonquian natives. A wooden fort was built around their storehouse, church, and small homes. The fort was burned many times. Disease, famine, and continuing attacks took their toll. Determination, resolve, and the will to survive are their legacy. From the “starving time” to the arrival of new supply ships; some of them endured! Historic names, Captain John Smith, Powhatan, Pocahontas, and John Rolfe fill our children’s history books. Come and travel back 400 years to the beginning of the First Permanent English Settlement in America.

Day One

Morning – Tour of the orginal site of Jamestown at the Jamestown National Historical Site.

Afternoon – Tour of the recreation of Jamestown at the Jamestown Settlement.

Dinner this evening at a local Williamsburg Restaurant.

Evening – Walk with the Ghosts of Williamsburg or enjoy another Colonial Williamsburg Evening Program.

Day Two

Morning – Tour of Colonial Williamsburg including the Capitol Building and the Governor’s Palace.

Afternoon – Guided tour of Yorktown Victory Center.

Day Three

Morning – Visit Presidents Park. The park features 18-foot busts of 42 of our United States Presidents in a relaxed garden setting, along a beautifully landscaped pathway and a museum.

Afternoon – Depart for Richmond. Meet our guide and tour the Virginia State Capitol Building designed by Thomas Jefferson. Visit St. Johns Church and drive along Monument Avenue.

After touring depart for Charlottesville.

Day Four

Morning – Depart and tour Monticello, the famous domed home of Thomas Jefferson.

Lunch – Enjoy a buffet lunch today at historic Michie Tavern.

Afternoon – Stop and see a film at the Thomas Jefferson Visitor’s Center. Visit the University of Virginia. Thomas Jefferson patterned the Rotunda in his original “ Academical Village” after the Roman Pantheon.

Day Five

Morning – Depart. Stop at Natural Bridge, one of the Seven Wonders of the natural world and once owned by Thomas Jefferson. The Natural Bridge Wax Museum features scenes of Virginia and Natural Bridge history.

Afternoon – Depart for home.

STUDENT OPTION:

Visit the Pamunkey Tribe Reservation and Museum. This is the ancestral tribe of Chief Powhatan and Pocahontas. Once numbering more than 10,000 people stretching from the border of North Carolina to Washington, D.C., today the tribe’s number is approximately 100 people. See a 10 minute Video Presentation and learn about this tribe’s proud history. Their pottery skill has been continued since aboriginal times and is for sale in the gift shop. After touring the reservation depart for home.

For more information contact:

Kate Scopetti
Mid-Atlantic Receptive Services
P.O. Box 1390
Stephens City, VA 22655
800 769 5912
Fax: 540- 869-1826
mars@takeafuntrip.com
www.takeafuntrip.com